Sentence Structures Flashcards
(17 cards)
“Because” Sentence Structure (2)
[reason] (だ)から [action]
だって+ [reason] ((だ)から)
“Event Frequency” Sentence Structure
[Time Span] に [Times] [Verb]
Ex.一ヶ月に十回本を読んだ
(In one month, I read the book 10 times)
Nothing and Nobody Sentence Structure
[Question Word] + も + [Negative]
ex. 何も買いません (I’m not going to buy anything)
誰も何も言いませんでした (nobody said anything)
Rules : No object marker needed
Expressing Opinions (and special cases)
とおもいます
Verbs:
Use Casual Form before the と思います
Nouns and な-adjectives:
Add だ before the と思います
General Sentence Structure - Japanese
SOV
Subject, Object, Verb
(Ex. She Apple ate)
How and What Sentences
どう + positive
Ex.
- Let’s say you had a lot of options to choose from on what you can do tomorrow, and someone asks you “What are you going to do tomorrow?”
明日はどうしますか?
- How was school?
学校はどうでしたか?
[A] is More [Adjective] Than [B]
(3 ways)
[A] は [B] より [adjective]
OR
[B] より [A] の方 が [adjective]
OR
[B] より [adjective] [A]
[A] is More [adjective]
(for example, if someone ask you which is more [adjective] and this is your response)
[A] のほうが [adjective]
It (something already brought up in conversation) is More [Adjective] than [A]
[A] より [Adjective]
Or
[A] か [B]
When…(Time/Event and How to Use)
~時 (とき)
[noun] の時
[い - adjective] 時
[な-adjective]な時
[Casual-Form Verb] 時
Even If/Though [Verb Conjugation]
Verb: え form + も
な-adjective: no な, add でも
Noun: + でも
い-adjective: no last い, add くてもう
ex. 子供でもできること - Even children can do this
XX is the most [adjective]
XX が 一(いち)ばん [adjective]
“A is the same as B”
A は B と同じです
Express the Purpose of Doing Something
ために /ように
List Incomplete Actions & States (Verbs)
たりする
Format:
Verbs and adjectives: past-tense + り
Nouns: + たり
Ex. こうえんで歩いたり歌ったりした (We walked and sang in the park [among other things])
“Should XX,” “It’s be better to XX”
方がいい
(ほうがいい)
Format:
Verbs: past-tense casual
Adjectives: 方が いい
Nouns: の + 方が いい
Negative: ない-form + 方が いい
Examples: 何か食べた方がいいですよ！(You should eat something!)
